Oxford couple John and Sally Letts reject claims son Jack - dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' - has joined so-called IS and urge him to return home

THE parents of the man labelled "Jihadi Jack" have rejected claims he has joined so-called Islamic State and have called for him to return home.

John and Sally Letts, of Grandpont said they felt "betrayed" by claims their son had become a fighter for the terrorist group, describing him as "kind, funny, and gentle".

Jack Letts, 20, remains in contact with them via social media. He is believed to be in Syria but has repeatedly assured them he is not a member of Islamic State.

He criticised media reports claiming he had adopted an Islamic name – Ibrahim – and had a son, writing on Facebook they "got bored worrying about what colour socks certain celebrities wear and took out their frustration on me".

Jack Letts in a picture he posted in May 2015 at the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates, 25 miles outside Raqqa in Syria

Mr and Mrs Letts said Jack told them he wanted to travel to Syria for humanitarian reasons.

They said: "The things that have been written about him are completely false. The police and security services say they have no evidence he has done anything wrong.

"We monitor Jack's social media accounts every single day and he has never posted photographs of weapons.

"He is a really kind, funny kid who is very gentle.

"He is totally non-violent and was only motivated by one thing: every day, on the television and computer screens, there were constant pictures of Syria, and the hundreds dying and starving or being bombed by Assad.

"Jack was totally disturbed by that. He is a very humane person and he wanted to do something to help.

"We last saw him just under two years ago and we have been living in hell ever since.

"Now we just want him to come home. But failing that, we want him to be in a safe country."

Mr Letts added: "I feel like my son is walking on a railway track, blindfolded, and there's a train coming and he can't hear me, like I can't do anything about it.

"It has been a nightmare."

Jack grew up in Oxford, playing football for Northway Boys under-10s and attending Cherwell School before he later converted to Islam.

His former football coach, Steve Carter, said: "Jack was just one of the boys."

It emerged yesterday he had travelled to Kuwait in the summer of 2014 to learn Arabic, before reportedly travelling to Syria in September 2014.

Mr Letts, an archaeological botanist, said his son had become interested in Islam at 16 and had sought to be "the best Muslim possible", visiting most of the city's mosques and seeking out different groups for religious discussions.

He decided to study Arabic in Kuwait after becoming increasingly concerned about the conflict in Syria. Three months later he left, and his parents believe he is now in the civil war-torn country, possibly working in hospitals or as a translator.

Mr Letts said: "He said he wanted to help in refugee camps and so I said, 'you'll be useless unless you learn Arabic.'.

"So he said, 'OK, I'm going to learn Arabic.'.

"As a parent, what can you do? Lock your child in their bedroom? What we tried to do was positively channel his interests.

"Jack is a clever kid. He was reading a lot and believed he had to consider all the different opinions before making one himself.

"We were both raised as Christians but we are a secular household. We didn't oppose his conversion.

"We live in a democracy and if he wants to believe something and he is not hurting anyone else then that is fine. That is how he was raised."

It is believed more than 750 British men and women have travelled to Syria and Iraq to fight in the civil war. Mr Letts added: "There are hundreds of parents in this same situation."

Oxford Imam Dr Hojjat Ramzy yesterday said Jack had first come to Oxford Islamic Information Centre, in Saint Omer Road, about three years ago to be taught about Islam.

He added: "I knew Jack really well, he is a very good person. He was kind and very pious and used to come and sit and learn.

"I am very sad he has gone out there, if I had known before I would have talked to him and I hope he would have reconsidered going.

"Young people come and ask me ‘should we go to Syria?’ and I prevent them. We want peace in Syria, we don’t want killing there.

"We want people to be sensible and rational and if you have any difficulties then come to us and we can explain what true Islam really is."

Dr Ramzy said Jack later began to associate with lots of different Muslim groups and he did not see him again.

A spokesman for the Foreign Office refused to comment on Jack Letts but added yesterday: "The UK has advised for some time against all travel to Syria.

"As all UK consular services there are suspended, it is extremely difficult to confirm the status and whereabouts of British Nationals in Syria.

"Anyone who does travel to these areas, for whatever reason, is putting themselves in considerable danger."

Comments

If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.

Rightly or wrongly you can understand why there is suspicion.
If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.localladoxon

Rightly or wrongly you can understand why there is suspicion.

If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.

Score: 8

newprivateeye
localladoxon4:24pm Mon 25 Jan 16

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.newprivateeye

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

Score: 10

ox-cabby
newprivateeye8:09pm Mon 25 Jan 16

newprivateeye wrote…

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to have a goid heart.

[quote][p][bold]newprivateeye[/bold] wrote:
If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.[/p][/quote]This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to have a goid heart.ox-cabby

newprivateeye wrote…

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to have a goid heart.

Score: 3

ox-cabby
newprivateeye8:11pm Mon 25 Jan 16

newprivateeye wrote…

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to be willing. Just one example of many, those that trek miles and miles to raise money for a particular charity?

[quote][p][bold]newprivateeye[/bold] wrote:
If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.[/p][/quote]This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to be willing. Just one example of many, those that trek miles and miles to raise money for a particular charity?ox-cabby

newprivateeye wrote…

If he has gone there for Humanitarian reasons what can he do on his own?, if he has gone there as a fighter then he can do massive damage on his own. One man with a good heart will do nothing to help with no backing, one man with a bad heart will massacre hundreds with no backing.

This is the most ridiculous statement I've ever read on OM. To simply say a person cannot make a difference (on his/her own) by helping someone in need is laughable. Just proves the fact that you're the 'bad heart' type.
Anyone can make a difference, whether they're a part of an organisation or not. You've just got to be willing. Just one example of many, those that trek miles and miles to raise money for a particular charity?

Score: 0

DoctorBob
localladoxon11:24pm Mon 25 Jan 16

localladoxon wrote…

Rightly or wrongly you can understand why there is suspicion.

If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.

Newspapers should report the news, not their suspicions.

[quote][p][bold]localladoxon[/bold] wrote:
Rightly or wrongly you can understand why there is suspicion.
If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.[/p][/quote]Newspapers should report the news, not their suspicions.DoctorBob

localladoxon wrote…

Rightly or wrongly you can understand why there is suspicion.

If he has genuinely gone over for humanitarian reasons I don’t understand why this can’t be independently verified.

Newspapers should report the news, not their suspicions.

Score: 2

[deleted]
12:48pm Mon 25 Jan 16

[deleted]

After murdering all those innocent people in Paris , this man has joined a gang Britain is at war with so don't let him back into t countryjack smart

After murdering all those innocent people in Paris , this man has joined a gang Britain is at war with so don't let him back into t country

Score: 12

localladoxon
[deleted]1:22pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Until that is confirmed you can’t jump to that conclusion and condemn him or your no better than the ideologies of these daesh nutters.

I do however agree that anyone found to be fighting for any organisation that our country is at war against should lose their citizenship, the laws that stop this are very counterproductive.

Until that is confirmed you can’t jump to that conclusion and condemn him or your no better than the ideologies of these daesh nutters.
I do however agree that anyone found to be fighting for any organisation that our country is at war against should lose their citizenship, the laws that stop this are very counterproductive.localladoxon

Until that is confirmed you can’t jump to that conclusion and condemn him or your no better than the ideologies of these daesh nutters.

I do however agree that anyone found to be fighting for any organisation that our country is at war against should lose their citizenship, the laws that stop this are very counterproductive.

Score: 8

DoctorBob
[deleted]11:26pm Mon 25 Jan 16

jack smart wrote…

After murdering all those innocent people in Paris , this man has joined a gang Britain is at war with so don't let him back into t country

Jack Dumb.

[quote][p][bold]jack smart[/bold] wrote:
After murdering all those innocent people in Paris , this man has joined a gang Britain is at war with so don't let him back into t country[/p][/quote]Jack Dumb.DoctorBob

jack smart wrote…

After murdering all those innocent people in Paris , this man has joined a gang Britain is at war with so don't let him back into t country

Jack Dumb.

Score: 3

The Gers
DoctorBob12:22pm Tue 26 Jan 16

Ahh Dr Kn#b is back with his insults to anyone who doesn't agree with his Left views

Ahh Dr Kn#b is back with his insults to anyone who doesn't agree with his Left viewsThe Gers

Ahh Dr Kn#b is back with his insults to anyone who doesn't agree with his Left views

Score: 0

.simplicissimus
[deleted]8:38pm Tue 26 Jan 16

Wrong IMO. He's darned naive to have embraced islam, yes, but hasn't harmed a fly in Paris, or probably anywhere else (unless as a remote possibility, under physical or mental duress).

Wrong IMO. He's darned naive to have embraced islam, yes, but hasn't harmed a fly in Paris, or probably anywhere else (unless as a remote possibility, under physical or mental duress)..simplicissimus

Wrong IMO. He's darned naive to have embraced islam, yes, but hasn't harmed a fly in Paris, or probably anywhere else (unless as a remote possibility, under physical or mental duress).

And again , what a troll , anymore looneys that you want to speak up for Dr Kn#b ??

And again , what a troll , anymore looneys that you want to speak up for Dr Kn#b ??The Gers

And again , what a troll , anymore looneys that you want to speak up for Dr Kn#b ??

Score: 0

[deleted]
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Score: 0

jazwilliams
4:53pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Really irresponsible reporting. A lynch mob with pitch forks would be more just.

There is zero evidence that the guy joined IS. In fact as far as I can see no one has said this, in the words of the Oxford Mail this allegation is based on nothing more than "assumption", that if you are in Syria you are a member of IS. Obviously this just isn't true. The humanitarian workers beheaded by IS where in Syria under their own steam. As the guy denies he is a member, I would be more worried about his safety.

Knowing that their is zero evidence what does a responsible reporter do? Maybe actually investigate and find verifiable facts? Not slander, vilify and write sensationalist pieces.

You do know that people get killed all the time for smaller reasons in syria than being accused of being a member of any sort of group. Accusing someone of being a member with no evidence puts them at risk, and actually reduces the chances that a scared 20 year old might not come home as he thinks he will get locked up.

Last edited: 8:45pm Tue 26 Jan 16

Really irresponsible reporting. A lynch mob with pitch forks would be more just.
There is zero evidence that the guy joined IS. In fact as far as I can see no one has said this, in the words of the Oxford Mail this allegation is based on nothing more than "assumption", that if you are in Syria you are a member of IS. Obviously this just isn't true. The humanitarian workers beheaded by IS where in Syria under their own steam. As the guy denies he is a member, I would be more worried about his safety.
Knowing that their is zero evidence what does a responsible reporter do? Maybe actually investigate and find verifiable facts? Not slander, vilify and write sensationalist pieces.
You do know that people get killed all the time for smaller reasons in syria than being accused of being a member of any sort of group. Accusing someone of being a member with no evidence puts them at risk, and actually reduces the chances that a scared 20 year old might not come home as he thinks he will get locked up.jazwilliams

Really irresponsible reporting. A lynch mob with pitch forks would be more just.

There is zero evidence that the guy joined IS. In fact as far as I can see no one has said this, in the words of the Oxford Mail this allegation is based on nothing more than "assumption", that if you are in Syria you are a member of IS. Obviously this just isn't true. The humanitarian workers beheaded by IS where in Syria under their own steam. As the guy denies he is a member, I would be more worried about his safety.

Knowing that their is zero evidence what does a responsible reporter do? Maybe actually investigate and find verifiable facts? Not slander, vilify and write sensationalist pieces.

You do know that people get killed all the time for smaller reasons in syria than being accused of being a member of any sort of group. Accusing someone of being a member with no evidence puts them at risk, and actually reduces the chances that a scared 20 year old might not come home as he thinks he will get locked up.

Score: 4

OX3
2:43pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Wipe that smile of his face.

Wipe that smile of his face.OX3

Wipe that smile of his face.

Score: 5

Northboy
OX33:03pm Mon 25 Jan 16

It's a good job you and Dr69 aren't jumping to any conclusions and are awaiting confirmation and evidence. Provide your address and i'll send you some pitchforks and burning torches.

It's a good job you and Dr69 aren't jumping to any conclusions and are awaiting confirmation and evidence. Provide your address and i'll send you some pitchforks and burning torches.Northboy

It's a good job you and Dr69 aren't jumping to any conclusions and are awaiting confirmation and evidence. Provide your address and i'll send you some pitchforks and burning torches.

Score: 5

conwayr
2:49pm Mon 25 Jan 16

All you people straight away jumping on him because you "think" or have been misinformed by media, think for yourself and wait until proper news is in.......Shakes head. Dont believe everything that is written, its called propaganda.

All you people straight away jumping on him because you "think" or have been misinformed by media, think for yourself and wait until proper news is in.......Shakes head. Dont believe everything that is written, its called propaganda.conwayr

All you people straight away jumping on him because you "think" or have been misinformed by media, think for yourself and wait until proper news is in.......Shakes head. Dont believe everything that is written, its called propaganda.

Score: 8

shox
3:02pm Mon 25 Jan 16

These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.

These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.shox

These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.

Score: 13

DoctorBob
shox11:29pm Mon 25 Jan 16

shox wrote…

These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.

What type of people, white boys from Oxford?

[quote][p][bold]shox[/bold] wrote:
These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.[/p][/quote]What type of people, white boys from Oxford?DoctorBob

shox wrote…

These type of people are 'potentially' the biggest threat to UK Security and should not be let back in the country.

What type of people, white boys from Oxford?

Score: 3

shox
DoctorBob10:00am Tue 26 Jan 16

My post was alluding to the fact that lots of UK nationals are allowed to go to Syria and are freely permitted to return to the UK. This will bite us on the arse when the inevitable happens and we suffer from a major terrorist attack, in the same way Paris suffered. The attacks were proven to be carried out by French and Belgian citizens, who had spent time in Syria and not been tracked.

My post was alluding to the fact that lots of UK nationals are allowed to go to Syria and are freely permitted to return to the UK. This will bite us on the arse when the inevitable happens and we suffer from a major terrorist attack, in the same way Paris suffered. The attacks were proven to be carried out by French and Belgian citizens, who had spent time in Syria and not been tracked.shox

My post was alluding to the fact that lots of UK nationals are allowed to go to Syria and are freely permitted to return to the UK. This will bite us on the arse when the inevitable happens and we suffer from a major terrorist attack, in the same way Paris suffered. The attacks were proven to be carried out by French and Belgian citizens, who had spent time in Syria and not been tracked.

Score: 4

.simplicissimus
DoctorBob8:42pm Tue 26 Jan 16

Most improbably, although there have been a few convert indigenous nutters, too, tragically. I pray to Christ that we eradicate the malign roots of fanatical, pure, IS-style islam from UK soil ABSOLUTELY.

Most improbably, although there have been a few convert indigenous nutters, too, tragically. I pray to Christ that we eradicate the malign roots of fanatical, pure, IS-style islam from UK soil ABSOLUTELY..simplicissimus

Most improbably, although there have been a few convert indigenous nutters, too, tragically. I pray to Christ that we eradicate the malign roots of fanatical, pure, IS-style islam from UK soil ABSOLUTELY.

Score: 0

[deleted]
DoctorBob12:24pm Tue 26 Jan 16

[deleted]

That's racist Dr Kn#b !!!The Gers

That's racist Dr Kn#b !!!

Score: 2

andy1975
4:16pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Whether true or not, the media coverage is a disgrace. They should not be glorifying these people giving them nicknames and generating publicity. Its a matter for the security services and the families involved only.

Whether true or not, the media coverage is a disgrace. They should not be glorifying these people giving them nicknames and generating publicity. Its a matter for the security services and the families involved only.andy1975

Whether true or not, the media coverage is a disgrace. They should not be glorifying these people giving them nicknames and generating publicity. Its a matter for the security services and the families involved only.

Score: 5

neville.dreadberg
5:51pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.

Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.neville.dreadberg

Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.

Score: 3

DoctorBob
neville.dreadberg11:34pm Mon 25 Jan 16

neville.dreadberg wrote…

Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.

I'll bet his English is far better than yours.

[quote][p][bold]neville.dreadberg[/bold] wrote:
Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.[/p][/quote]I'll bet his English is far better than yours.DoctorBob

neville.dreadberg wrote…

Looking at the picture of him on the rock I'd say daesh'd be well advised to tell him to blunt off (we can say that now , thanks to the fascinating revelations off Mr Blunt MP) Looks like an escapee from the Young Ones' house. However I suppose it's perfectly natural for a youngster to be affiliated to the Wahabis and enjoy seeing ladies in binliners with eye slits and indeed the odd drop of rocks on someone from a JCB in Chop Square Riyadh.

I'll bet his English is far better than yours.

Score: 1

neville.dreadberg
DoctorBob7:32am Tue 26 Jan 16

Call that abuse? Abuse is all you communists are capable of. Surely you can do better than that.

Call that abuse? Abuse is all you communists are capable of. Surely you can do better than that.neville.dreadberg

Call that abuse? Abuse is all you communists are capable of. Surely you can do better than that.

Score: 0

newprivateeye
neville.dreadberg3:28pm Tue 26 Jan 16

That picture looks like a very bad and obvious Photoshop

That picture looks like a very bad and obvious Photoshopnewprivateeye

That picture looks like a very bad and obvious Photoshop

Score: 0

.simplicissimus
neville.dreadberg8:46pm Tue 26 Jan 16

You on poppers, today?

You on poppers, today?.simplicissimus

You on poppers, today?

Score: 0

[deleted]
10:40pm Mon 25 Jan 16

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Hopefully he will be a victim of a drone strike.
He's picked his side.South Of Heaven.

Hopefully he will be a victim of a drone strike.
He's picked his side.

Score: 6

Northboy
[deleted]11:19pm Mon 25 Jan 16

Thank chuff your mental illness prevents you from serving on a jury. Unfit for opinion, let alone a comment.

Thank chuff your mental illness prevents you from serving on a jury. Unfit for opinion, let alone a comment.Northboy

Thank chuff your mental illness prevents you from serving on a jury. Unfit for opinion, let alone a comment.

Score: 4

South Of Heaven.
Northboy3:53pm Wed 27 Jan 16

I couldnt give a flying **** what you think.

You wont be saying that when he is killing innocent people like the rest of them.
I hope he rots in hell.

I couldnt give a flying **** what you think.
You wont be saying that when he is killing innocent people like the rest of them.
I hope he rots in hell.South Of Heaven.

I couldnt give a flying **** what you think.

You wont be saying that when he is killing innocent people like the rest of them.
I hope he rots in hell.

Score: 0

DoctorBob
[deleted]11:30pm Mon 25 Jan 16

South Of Heaven. wrote…

Hopefully he will be a victim of a drone strike.
He's picked his side.

Do you partake in other Kangaroo courts?

[quote][p][bold]South Of Heaven.[/bold] wrote:
Hopefully he will be a victim of a drone strike.
He's picked his side.[/p][/quote]Do you partake in other Kangaroo courts?DoctorBob

South Of Heaven. wrote…

Hopefully he will be a victim of a drone strike.
He's picked his side.

Do you partake in other Kangaroo courts?

Score: 2

South Of Heaven.
DoctorBob3:56pm Wed 27 Jan 16

Do you partake in anything other than trolling on here?
Is your wife ignoring little Dr Knob so you spend your time on here?

Do you partake in anything other than trolling on here?
Is your wife ignoring little Dr Knob so you spend your time on here?South Of Heaven.

Do you partake in anything other than trolling on here?
Is your wife ignoring little Dr Knob so you spend your time on here?

Score: 0

.simplicissimus
[deleted]8:51pm Tue 26 Jan 16

G*d forbid!

G*d forbid!.simplicissimus

G*d forbid!

Score: 0

Redbulls
11:47pm Mon 25 Jan 16

hes a good kid , there is plenty of people helping aid agencies in Syria (THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD BE DEAD WITHOUT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AGENCIES )
a lot of speculation on here its not always doom and gloom !

hes a good kid , there is plenty of people helping aid agencies in Syria (THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD BE DEAD WITHOUT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AGENCIES )
a lot of speculation on here its not always doom and gloom !Redbulls

hes a good kid , there is plenty of people helping aid agencies in Syria (THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE THAT WOULD BE DEAD WITHOUT HUMANITARIAN RELIEF AGENCIES )
a lot of speculation on here its not always doom and gloom !

Score: 2

cuckoo
12:12am Tue 26 Jan 16

Is it just my eyesight or does the picture of this young man look 'photoshopped' ie: superimposed on the location shown???

Is it just my eyesight or does the picture of this young man look 'photoshopped' ie: superimposed on the location shown???cuckoo

Is it just my eyesight or does the picture of this young man look 'photoshopped' ie: superimposed on the location shown???

Score: 1

snapperdownunder
cuckoo1:23am Tue 26 Jan 16

Could well be. Where is his shadow on the rocks?

Could well be. Where is his shadow on the rocks?snapperdownunder

Could well be. Where is his shadow on the rocks?

Score: 1

olafpalme
cuckoo10:33am Tue 26 Jan 16

Well spotted. There are funny little `pixel jags' around his head and body.

Whatever happens, if innocent, i.e. no proven guilt, then I hope he is treated fairly.

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Well spotted. There are funny little `pixel jags' around his head and body.
Whatever happens, if innocent, i.e. no proven guilt, then I hope he is treated fairly.olafpalme

Well spotted. There are funny little `pixel jags' around his head and body.

Whatever happens, if innocent, i.e. no proven guilt, then I hope he is treated fairly.

Score: 3

neville.dreadberg
7:41am Tue 26 Jan 16

To be fair, if the authorities were satisfied that this person was not an Islamofascist they'd have immediately announced it. He will probably not survive if he returns to UK with this reputation , so they'd have a duty to do so. No mum and dad want their child to be outed as a sadistic sexual pervert, which can be the only reason anyone can have for joining daesh. Let us pray it's not true.

To be fair, if the authorities were satisfied that this person was not an Islamofascist they'd have immediately announced it. He will probably not survive if he returns to UK with this reputation , so they'd have a duty to do so. No mum and dad want their child to be outed as a sadistic sexual pervert, which can be the only reason anyone can have for joining daesh. Let us pray it's not true.neville.dreadberg

To be fair, if the authorities were satisfied that this person was not an Islamofascist they'd have immediately announced it. He will probably not survive if he returns to UK with this reputation , so they'd have a duty to do so. No mum and dad want their child to be outed as a sadistic sexual pervert, which can be the only reason anyone can have for joining daesh. Let us pray it's not true.

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.simplicissimus
neville.dreadberg8:57pm Tue 26 Jan 16

I think our authorities and so-called "leaders" are nowadays uniquely incompetent, wicked, or worse. Blair being their prime exemplar. Regrettably, therefore, I cannot share your view that they'd clear this naive young guy's name. They're too frit and nesh to have the balls or nous.

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I think our authorities and so-called "leaders" are nowadays uniquely incompetent, wicked, or worse. Blair being their prime exemplar. Regrettably, therefore, I cannot share your view that they'd clear this naive young guy's name. They're too frit and nesh to have the balls or nous..simplicissimus

I think our authorities and so-called "leaders" are nowadays uniquely incompetent, wicked, or worse. Blair being their prime exemplar. Regrettably, therefore, I cannot share your view that they'd clear this naive young guy's name. They're too frit and nesh to have the balls or nous.

Score: 0

.simplicissimus
8:16pm Tue 26 Jan 16

Met this extremely pleasant, bright, but obviously brainwashed and misinformed lad with a couple of his muslim m8s in a van at Rose Hill a couple of years ago, when I was looking for transport and removal helpers. They were helping a Pakistani landlord empty/ fill buy-to-let housing cheaply from Emmaus, &c, if I recall, wearing the same gear as he is standing in front of that waterfall pic, with cropped hair.

As an education professional with ample experience, I've an ear and eye for what makes young minds tick. He worried me then as being very trusting of the company he was with, a bit suggestible, and I could not for the life of me see why he'd adopted islam in a city with so many great Christian churches, many full of youngsters his age and background.

Sadly, Jack's parents, his schools, East Oxford (and I, on that day!) all failed to fill him with an active love for Christ. Had we tried better, he might have been less open to that alien, one-way-ticket, often malign creed, which is uniquely ugly, when fully and properly understood (Cameron, Obama, et al, who think it's about peace, all prove that they know little about it, as any murdered islamic apostate is not alive to prove) .

If he was groomed and brainwashed, TVP and/ or our security services should establish by whom, and interrogate/ arrest/ prosecute as needed.

POSITIVE ACTION is to support local Christian revival, which the UK urgently needs. Find a local church congregation that suits you, join in, and contribute. It will pay the richest social and salvific dividends, and save your kids for a better, richer, happier Life.

The Truth will set us free. Here is a 1st class summary of islam, with facts unknown by many:
https://youtu.be/cmy
GC96ClcE

Let us pray for a swift, safe return of this warm, cheerful young man, and wish John and Sally God's love, for they surely need His fullest support.

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Met this extremely pleasant, bright, but obviously brainwashed and misinformed lad with a couple of his muslim m8s in a van at Rose Hill a couple of years ago, when I was looking for transport and removal helpers. They were helping a Pakistani landlord empty/ fill buy-to-let housing cheaply from Emmaus, &c, if I recall, wearing the same gear as he is standing in front of that waterfall pic, with cropped hair.
As an education professional with ample experience, I've an ear and eye for what makes young minds tick. He worried me then as being very trusting of the company he was with, a bit suggestible, and I could not for the life of me see why he'd adopted islam in a city with so many great Christian churches, many full of youngsters his age and background.
Sadly, Jack's parents, his schools, East Oxford (and I, on that day!) all failed to fill him with an active love for Christ. Had we tried better, he might have been less open to that alien, one-way-ticket, often malign creed, which is uniquely ugly, when fully and properly understood (Cameron, Obama, et al, who think it's about peace, all prove that they know little about it, as any murdered islamic apostate is not alive to prove) .
If he was groomed and brainwashed, TVP and/ or our security services should establish by whom, and interrogate/ arrest/ prosecute as needed.
POSITIVE ACTION is to support local Christian revival, which the UK urgently needs. Find a local church congregation that suits you, join in, and contribute. It will pay the richest social and salvific dividends, and save your kids for a better, richer, happier Life.
The Truth will set us free. Here is a 1st class summary of islam, with facts unknown by many:
https://youtu.be/cmy
GC96ClcE
Let us pray for a swift, safe return of this warm, cheerful young man, and wish John and Sally God's love, for they surely need His fullest support..simplicissimus

Met this extremely pleasant, bright, but obviously brainwashed and misinformed lad with a couple of his muslim m8s in a van at Rose Hill a couple of years ago, when I was looking for transport and removal helpers. They were helping a Pakistani landlord empty/ fill buy-to-let housing cheaply from Emmaus, &c, if I recall, wearing the same gear as he is standing in front of that waterfall pic, with cropped hair.

As an education professional with ample experience, I've an ear and eye for what makes young minds tick. He worried me then as being very trusting of the company he was with, a bit suggestible, and I could not for the life of me see why he'd adopted islam in a city with so many great Christian churches, many full of youngsters his age and background.

Sadly, Jack's parents, his schools, East Oxford (and I, on that day!) all failed to fill him with an active love for Christ. Had we tried better, he might have been less open to that alien, one-way-ticket, often malign creed, which is uniquely ugly, when fully and properly understood (Cameron, Obama, et al, who think it's about peace, all prove that they know little about it, as any murdered islamic apostate is not alive to prove) .

If he was groomed and brainwashed, TVP and/ or our security services should establish by whom, and interrogate/ arrest/ prosecute as needed.

POSITIVE ACTION is to support local Christian revival, which the UK urgently needs. Find a local church congregation that suits you, join in, and contribute. It will pay the richest social and salvific dividends, and save your kids for a better, richer, happier Life.

The Truth will set us free. Here is a 1st class summary of islam, with facts unknown by many:
https://youtu.be/cmy
GC96ClcE

Let us pray for a swift, safe return of this warm, cheerful young man, and wish John and Sally God's love, for they surely need His fullest support.

Score: 0

shox
.simplicissimus8:50am Wed 27 Jan 16

He probably stayed out of the Church because his family and friends warned him that he would be groomed and abused. Faith isn't the answer to everything!

He probably stayed out of the Church because his family and friends warned him that he would be groomed and abused. Faith isn't the answer to everything!shox

He probably stayed out of the Church because his family and friends warned him that he would be groomed and abused. Faith isn't the answer to everything!

Score: 0

.simplicissimus
shox4:26pm Wed 27 Jan 16

Really? Please let us know of any Oxford church that grooms or abuses, and any (former?) staff.

Christianity is not the faith of submission or abuse.

Really? Please let us know of any Oxford church that grooms or abuses, and any (former?) staff.
Christianity is not the faith of submission or abuse..simplicissimus

Really? Please let us know of any Oxford church that grooms or abuses, and any (former?) staff.

Christianity is not the faith of submission or abuse.

Score: 0

neville.dreadberg
9:41pm Tue 26 Jan 16

What a peculiar committee is simply cissimus. At 8.46 pm, following Dr Goebbels/Bob in childish abuse whilst being soo Christian at 8.16 pm. I don't have a lot of faith in the authorities simply cissimus at your 8.57 pm incarnation, but I don't share your belief that this young person (the surrounds of whose one picture has been pixillated to avoid showing the North African gentlemen in his company, by the way) is effectively being sacrificed by the authorities. They're not that bad.All I can say is that he's joined the perverts of daesh , let's hope he's been droned and, if he's not, he'll have been aware (obviously) of the furore on social meeja and be home tomorrow , credibly protesting his rejection of Islamofascist brainwashing (where does this ludicrous word "radicalisation" come from? Brainwashing is brainwashing. There's no such thing as "radicalisation")

What a peculiar committee is simply cissimus. At 8.46 pm, following Dr Goebbels/Bob in childish abuse whilst being soo Christian at 8.16 pm. I don't have a lot of faith in the authorities simply cissimus at your 8.57 pm incarnation, but I don't share your belief that this young person (the surrounds of whose one picture has been pixillated to avoid showing the North African gentlemen in his company, by the way) is effectively being sacrificed by the authorities. They're not that bad.All I can say is that he's joined the perverts of daesh , let's hope he's been droned and, if he's not, he'll have been aware (obviously) of the furore on social meeja and be home tomorrow , credibly protesting his rejection of Islamofascist brainwashing (where does this ludicrous word "radicalisation" come from? Brainwashing is brainwashing. There's no such thing as "radicalisation")neville.dreadberg

What a peculiar committee is simply cissimus. At 8.46 pm, following Dr Goebbels/Bob in childish abuse whilst being soo Christian at 8.16 pm. I don't have a lot of faith in the authorities simply cissimus at your 8.57 pm incarnation, but I don't share your belief that this young person (the surrounds of whose one picture has been pixillated to avoid showing the North African gentlemen in his company, by the way) is effectively being sacrificed by the authorities. They're not that bad.All I can say is that he's joined the perverts of daesh , let's hope he's been droned and, if he's not, he'll have been aware (obviously) of the furore on social meeja and be home tomorrow , credibly protesting his rejection of Islamofascist brainwashing (where does this ludicrous word "radicalisation" come from? Brainwashing is brainwashing. There's no such thing as "radicalisation")

Score: 1

.simplicissimus
neville.dreadberg12:25am Wed 27 Jan 16

Or he may have gone as a misguided muslim fool, unlike the 2 Austrian girls who DID go to IS (no sympathy, and since enslaved & murdered) to help out civvies, but JL may now be being forced under threats to collaborate with IS scum? We simply don't know.

What if this coverage has increased JL's exposure to life-threats, and he is not IS? Hard to accept he is without some tangible proof, beyond a man on a dam in an IS area.

(The moment JL were proven to have sided with and supported IS, any concern or sympathy would go. Rightly.)

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Or he may have gone as a misguided muslim fool, unlike the 2 Austrian girls who DID go to IS (no sympathy, and since enslaved & murdered) to help out civvies, but JL may now be being forced under threats to collaborate with IS scum? We simply don't know.
What if this coverage has increased JL's exposure to life-threats, and he is not IS? Hard to accept he is without some tangible proof, beyond a man on a dam in an IS area.
(The moment JL were proven to have sided with and supported IS, any concern or sympathy would go. Rightly.).simplicissimus

Or he may have gone as a misguided muslim fool, unlike the 2 Austrian girls who DID go to IS (no sympathy, and since enslaved & murdered) to help out civvies, but JL may now be being forced under threats to collaborate with IS scum? We simply don't know.

What if this coverage has increased JL's exposure to life-threats, and he is not IS? Hard to accept he is without some tangible proof, beyond a man on a dam in an IS area.

(The moment JL were proven to have sided with and supported IS, any concern or sympathy would go. Rightly.)

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